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Craighall Vineyard is located directly opposite the main Ata Rangi home block on
Puruatanga Road. The 2 hectares of Mendoza clone Chardonnay, with its typical
small berry ‘hen and chicken’ fruit set, is always low yielding but invariably has good
concentration as a result.
Craighall Chardonnay 2004 cropped at just over 1T/acre. Take a sip, close your eyes
and think of grilled stone fruits: ripe peaches and white nectarines, with a delicate
sprinkling of ginger and cinnamon. There’s a mealy, brazil nut note too. This is lovely
integrated wine with real complexity, still-youthful acidity, and a long, crystalline finish.
Harvest Date
14 April to 11 May 2004
Wine Analysis
Alc 14%
TA
Vineyards
Craighall, Hau Ariki, Waiora,
7.4
pH 3.38
Cambrae
Winemaking
Clone
Mendoza
Hand-picked fruit was whole bunch pressed in
a Willmes membrane press. Unsettled juice
Harvest Analysis
Brix 23.5 - 25.5
was fully barrel fermented in Burgundy
pH 3.1 - 3.25
barriques (25% new) using indigenous yeasts.
TA 7.7 - 10.0
Lees stirring was employed for enhancing
complexity and vinosity. Fermented at15-20ºC.
Bottling Date
May 2005
Malo-lactic inoculation for all barrels and
ML ferment stopped at appropriate flavour and
Cellaring Potential to 2009
balance. Aged in barrel on lees for 9 months.
Ata Rangi Limited · Puruatanga Road · P O Box 43 · Martinborough · New Zealand
Telephone +64 6 306 9570 · Fax +64 6 306 9523 · Email [email protected]
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